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Damned if you do, damned if you don’t

Posted on January 12, 2025 by borderslynn

As fierce and unprecedented wildfires bring calamity to thousands of people, thousands of gallons of toxic retardant are dropped from special air tankers on the racing fires below to try to stop the fires spreading to valuable property. And, as … Continue reading →

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Teotihuacan in Mexico compared to Rome, Italy: Part One

Posted on October 14, 2018 by borderslynn

Setting the scene Thousands of years ago, as the ice sheets melted and humans began their migrations and explorations of this Earth, let us try to imagine, without modern transport and comforts, how tribes of people could travel from Africa … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: building materials

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t

Teotihuacan in Mexico compared to Rome, Italy: Part One

Where did we come from? Where are we going?